﻿new function(settings) {
   // Various Settings
   var $separator = settings.separator || '&';
   var $spaces = settings.spaces === false ? false : true;
   var $suffix = settings.suffix === false ? '' : '[]';
   var $prefix = settings.prefix === false ? false : true;
   var $hash = $prefix ? settings.hash === true ? "#" : "?" : "";
   var $numbers = settings.numbers === false ? false : true;
   jQuery.query = new function() {
     var is = function(o, t) {
       return o != undefined && o !== null && (!!t ? o.constructor == t : true);
     };
     var parse = function(path) {
       var m, rx = /\[([^[]*)\]/g, match = /^([^[]+?)(\[.*\])?$/.exec(path), base = match[1], tokens = [];
       while (m = rx.exec(match[2])) tokens.push(m[1]);
       return [base, tokens];
     };
     var set = function(target, tokens, value) {
       var o, token = tokens.shift();
       if (typeof target != 'object') target = null;
       if (token === "") {
         if (!target) target = [];
         if (is(target, Array)) {
           target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens.slice(0), value));
         } else if (is(target, Object)) {
           var i = 0;
           while (target[i++] != null);
           target[--i] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[i], tokens.slice(0), value);
         } else {
           target = [];
           target.push(tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(null, tokens.slice(0), value));
         }
       } else if (token && token.match(/^\s*[0-9]+\s*$/)) {
         var index = parseInt(token, 10);
         if (!target) target = [];
         target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index], tokens.slice(0), value);
       } else if (token) {
         var index = token.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, "");
         if (!target) target = {};
         if (is(target, Array)) {
           var temp = {};
           for (var i = 0; i < target.length; ++i) {
            temp[i] = target[i];
           }
           target = temp;
         }
         target[index] = tokens.length == 0 ? value : set(target[index], tokens.slice(0), value);
       } else {
         return value;
       }
       return target;
     };
     var queryObject = function(a) {
       var self = this;
       self.keys = {};
       if (a.queryObject) {
         jQuery.each(a.get(), function(key, val) {
           self.SET(key, val);
         });
       } else {
         jQuery.each(arguments, function() {
           var q = "" + this;
           q = q.replace(/^[?#]/,''); // remove any leading ? || #
           q = q.replace(/[;&]$/,''); // remove any trailing & || ;
           if ($spaces) q = q.replace(/[+]/g,' '); // replace +'s with spaces
           jQuery.each(q.split(/[&;]/), function(){
             var key = decodeURIComponent(this.split('=')[0] || "");
             var val = decodeURIComponent(this.split('=')[1] || "");
             if (!key) return;
             if ($numbers) {
               if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+\.[0-9]*$/.test(val)) // simple float regex
                 val = parseFloat(val);
               else if (/^[+-]?[0-9]+$/.test(val)) // simple int regex
                 val = parseInt(val, 10);
             }
             val = (!val && val !== 0) ? true : val;
             if (val !== false && val !== true && typeof val != 'number')
               val = val;
             self.SET(key, val);
           });
         });
       }
       return self;
     };
     queryObject.prototype = {
       queryObject: true,
       has: function(key, type) {
         var value = this.get(key);
         return is(value, type);
       },
       GET: function(key) {
         if (!is(key)) return this.keys;
         var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
         var target = this.keys[base];
         while (target != null && tokens.length != 0) {
           target = target[tokens.shift()];
         }
         return typeof target == 'number' ? target : target || "";
       },
       get: function(key) {
         var target = this.GET(key);
         if (is(target, Object))
           return jQuery.extend(true, {}, target);
         else if (is(target, Array))
           return target.slice(0);
         return target;
       },
       SET: function(key, val) {
         var value = !is(val) ? null : val;
         var parsed = parse(key), base = parsed[0], tokens = parsed[1];
         var target = this.keys[base];
         this.keys[base] = set(target, tokens.slice(0), value);
        return this;
    },
       set: function(key, val) {
         return this.copy().SET(key, val);
       },
       REMOVE: function(key) {
        return this.SET(key, null).COMPACT();
       },
       remove: function(key) {
         return this.copy().REMOVE(key);
       },
       EMPTY: function() {
         var self = this;
         jQuery.each(self.keys, function(key, value) {
           delete self.keys[key];
         });
         return self;
       },
       load: function(url) {
         var hash = url.replace(/^.*?[#](.+?)(?:\?.+)?$/, "$1");
         var search = url.replace(/^.*?[?](.+?)(?:#.+)?$/, "$1");
         return new queryObject(url.length == search.length ? '' : search, url.length == hash.length ? '' : hash);
       },
       empty: function() {
         return this.copy().EMPTY();
       },
       copy: function() {
         return new queryObject(this);
       },
       COMPACT: function() {
         function build(orig) {
           var obj = typeof orig == "object" ? is(orig, Array) ? [] : {} : orig;
           if (typeof orig == 'object') {
             function add(o, key, value) {
               if (is(o, Array))
                 o.push(value);
               else
                 o[key] = value;
             }
             jQuery.each(orig, function(key, value) {
               if (!is(value)) return true;
               add(obj, key, build(value));
             });
           }
           return obj;
         }
         this.keys = build(this.keys);
         return this;
       },
       compact: function() {
         return this.copy().COMPACT();
       },
       toString: function() {
         var i = 0, queryString = [], chunks = [], self = this;
         var encode = function(str) {
           str = str + "";
           if ($spaces) str = str.replace(/ /g, "+");
           return encodeURIComponent(str);
         };
         var addFields = function(arr, key, value) {
           if (!is(value) || value === false) return;
           var o = [encode(key)];
           if (value !== true) {
             o.push("=");
             o.push(encode(value));
           }
           arr.push(o.join(""));
         };
         var build = function(obj, base) {
           var newKey = function(key) {
             return !base || base == "" ? [key].join("") : [base, "[", key, "]"].join("");
           };
           jQuery.each(obj, function(key, value) {
             if (typeof value == 'object')
               build(value, newKey(key));
             else
               addFields(chunks, newKey(key), value);
          });
         };
         build(this.keys);
         if (chunks.length > 0) queryString.push($hash);
         queryString.push(chunks.join($separator));
        
         return queryString.join("");
       }
     };
     return new queryObject(location.search, location.hash);
   };
 }(jQuery.query || {});